Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phillipp GIlbert, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Phillipp GIlbert registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Ohio as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Ohio
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Phillipp GIlbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phillipp GIlbert
- Place of birth
- Ohio
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsPhillipp GIlbert reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named GIlbert in Colorado County
- Peter Gilbertborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Warner Gilbertborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1831
- William Gilbertborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
GIlberts 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 40 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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