Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warner Gilbert, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Warner Gilbert registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Warner Gilbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warner Gilbert
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 36 years
- Years in the precinct
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gilbert in Colorado County
- Peter Gilbertborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- William Gilbertborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Phillipp GIlbertborn in Ohio, reached Texas about 1858
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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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