Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Alexander, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Alexander registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Alexander
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsThomas Alexander reported 14 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Galveston County
- George Alexanderreached Texas about 1855
- Henry Alexanderreached Texas about 1863
- James Alexanderreached Texas about 1865
- William Alexanderreached Texas about 1866
Alexanders 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 3 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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