Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Hunter, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Gilbert Hunter registered to vote in Colorado County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Gilbert Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Hunter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsGilbert Hunter reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Hunter in Colorado County
- Augustus Hunterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Crockett Hunterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Sion Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- William Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Willis Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
Hunters 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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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