Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Bryant, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Bryant registered to vote in Galveston County on June 29, 1867. He reported 36 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
36 years
In Texas
about 1831
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1831 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Samuel Bryant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Bryant
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
36 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bryant in Galveston County

Bryants elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Bryant in Texas

Variations of Bryant

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

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