Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wm Gibson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Wm Gibson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 13, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Wm Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wm Gibson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Galveston County
- James H Gibsonreached Texas about 1863
Gibsons 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 16 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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