Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Delano, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Martin Delano registered to vote in Galveston County on January 29, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Martin Delano
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Delano
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 48 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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