Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fred Burry, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Fred Burry registered to vote in Galveston County on June 4, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
1845186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Fred Burry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fred Burry
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsFred Burry reported 21 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Burry in Galveston County
Burrys 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 2 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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