Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Butler, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Butler registered to vote in Galveston County on June 29, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Butler
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Galveston County
- Benjamin Butlerreached Texas about 1861
- Calvin Butlerreached Texas about 1851
- James Butlerreached Texas about 1867
- Whitfield Butlerreached Texas about 1851
- Wm H Butlerreached Texas about 1866
Butlers 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. Galveston County's entries fill 71 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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