Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Ashe, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Ashe registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Joseph Ashe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Ashe
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- 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 15 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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