Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

E J Francfower, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

E J Francfower registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

E J Francfower

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
E J Francfower
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 12, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Galveston County
3 months
Years in the precinct
3 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

E J Francfower reported 10 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. Galveston County's entries fill 71 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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