Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Gilbert, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Peter Gilbert registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 3 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Peter Gilbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Gilbert
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsPeter Gilbert reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Gilbert in Colorado County
- Warner Gilbertborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1831
- 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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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