Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cato Fields, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Cato Fields registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 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
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Cato Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cato Fields
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Galveston County
- Cate Fieldsreached Texas about 1862
- Henry Fieldsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- William Fieldsreached Texas about 1847
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 10 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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