Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Blake, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Blake registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Blake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Blake
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blake in Galveston County
- Isaac Blakereached Texas about 1866
Blakes 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 8 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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