Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Fairchilds, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Robert Fairchilds registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Robert Fairchilds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Fairchilds
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsRobert Fairchilds reported 9 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
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 10 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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