Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Gilchrist, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Gilchrist registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
William Gilchrist
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Gilchrist
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gilchrist in Colorado County
- Daniel Gilchristborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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