Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Gaskill, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Gaskill registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 25 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Lewis Gaskill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Gaskill
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsLewis Gaskill reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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