Calhoun County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Columbus Gordon, Calhoun County, Texas, 1867
Columbus Gordon registered to vote in Calhoun County on July 12, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Calhoun County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Calhoun County registered 152 freedmen in 1867, 25% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Calhoun County
Columbus Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Columbus Gordon
- County of registration
- Calhoun County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Calhoun County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gordons elsewhere in Texas
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 8 of the Calhoun County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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