Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Gully, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Washington Gully registered to vote in Colorado County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Washington Gully
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Gully
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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