Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Butler, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
James Butler registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
James Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Butler
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Galveston County
- Benjamin Butlerreached Texas about 1861
- Calvin Butlerreached Texas about 1851
- Whitfield Butlerreached Texas about 1851
- 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 47 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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