Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Johnson Gilder, Tyler County, Texas, 1869
Johnson Gilder registered to vote in Tyler County on November 24, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Johnson Gilder
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Johnson Gilder
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Signature, as written
- "John D Gregory"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gilder in Tyler County
- Esan Gilderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Isham Gilderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- James Gilderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 14 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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