Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Brackings, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Brackings registered to vote in Galveston County on July 1, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Henry Brackings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Brackings
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsHenry Brackings reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Brackings in Galveston County
- Harrison Brackingsreached Texas about 1852
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 32 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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