Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Gibson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Edward Gibson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Edward Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Gibson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsEdward Gibson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Gibson in Colorado County
- Job Gibsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1856
Gibsons 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 54 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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