Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John C Actrate, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
John C Actrate registered to vote in Galveston County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
John C Actrate
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John C Actrate
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsJohn C Actrate reported 24 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
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 Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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