Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Britton, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Richard Britton registered to vote in Galveston County on June 6, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Richard Britton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Britton
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- Dickerson State (?)
- Registered
- June 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Brittons 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 6 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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