Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Anthony, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Mark Anthony registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Mark Anthony
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Anthony
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsMark Anthony reported 15 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Anthonys 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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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