Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Gillespie, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Gillespie registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Richard Gillespie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Gillespie
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsRichard Gillespie reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Gillespies 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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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