Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Banks, Galveston County, Texas, 1868

Thomas Banks registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Galveston County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Thomas Banks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Banks
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
January 27, 1868
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Thomas Banks reported 14 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Banks in Galveston County

Bankses elsewhere in Texas

All 67 freedmen named Banks 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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