Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rueben Caldwell, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Rueben Caldwell registered to vote in Galveston County on January 29, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Rueben Caldwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rueben Caldwell
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Caldwells 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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