Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Edventon, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
James Edventon registered to vote in Galveston County on January 31, 1868. He reported Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
James Edventon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Edventon
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- 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 50 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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