Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Buttler, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Willis Buttler registered to vote in Galveston County on July 1, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Willis Buttler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Buttler
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Buttler in Galveston County
- Samuel Buttlerreached Texas about 1862
Buttlers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Buttler
- Butler 55
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 32 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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