Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walter Bookman, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Walter Bookman registered to vote in Galveston County on June 10, 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
Walter Bookman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walter Bookman
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bookmans 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 12 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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