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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Ohio and Texas marked
Born in Ohio, registered in Colorado County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Phillipp GIlbert reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named GIlbert in Colorado County

GIlberts elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named GIlbert 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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