Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Luke Bryant, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Luke Bryant registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Luke Bryant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Luke Bryant
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
13 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

13 years

Luke Bryant reported 13 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

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

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