Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Fant, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Fant registered to vote in Galveston County on June 26, 1867. He reported 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Jerry Fant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Fant
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJerry Fant reported 1 year more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Fant in Galveston County
- Jerry Fantborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Fants elsewhere in Texas
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 26 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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