Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Whitfield Butler, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Whitfield Butler registered to vote in Galveston County on July 2, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Whitfield Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Whitfield Butler
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 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
- William Butlerreached Texas about 1862
- 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. It sits on page 34 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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