Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Irvin Bird, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Irvin Bird registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 9 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 Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
9 years
In Texas
about 1858
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Irvin Bird

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Irvin Bird
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 7, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Galveston County
11 months
Years in the precinct
11 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
8 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

8 years

Irvin Bird reported 8 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Bird in Galveston County

Birds elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Bird 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 8 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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