Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cate Fields, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Cate Fields registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Cate Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cate Fields
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Galveston County
- Cato Fieldsreached Texas about 1854
- 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 18 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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