Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Boone, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Boone registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Thomas Boone

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Boone
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
June 8, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
9 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

9 years

Thomas Boone reported 9 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Boones elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Boone in Texas

Variations of Boone

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 10 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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