Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matthew Castle, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Matthew Castle registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 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
Matthew Castle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matthew Castle
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Castles 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 12 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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