Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Edwards, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
John Edwards registered to vote in Galveston County on June 15, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
1854186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
John Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Edwards
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJohn Edwards reported 12 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Galveston County
- James Henry Edwardsreached Texas about 1860
- William Edwardsreached Texas about 1858
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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