Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Black, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Alford Black registered to vote in Galveston County on July 2, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Alford Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Black
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Blacks 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 33 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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