Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Granderson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Richard Granderson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 6, 1867. He reported 25 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
25 years
In Texas
about 1842
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Richard Granderson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Granderson
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 6, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Granderson

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 6 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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