Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Fields, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Fields registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Fields
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Galveston County
- Cate Fieldsreached Texas about 1862
- Cato Fieldsreached Texas about 1854
- Henry Fieldsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 7 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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