Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wm B Branch, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Wm B Branch registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Wm B Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wm B Branch
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Branch in Galveston County
- Thomas Branchreached Texas about 1866
Branches 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 3 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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