Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Henry Edwards, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
James Henry Edwards registered to vote in Galveston County on June 28, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
James Henry Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Henry Edwards
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Galveston County
- John Edwardsreached Texas about 1854
- 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 29 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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