Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washington Greene, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Washington Greene registered to vote in Galveston County on June 25, 1867. He reported 4 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
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Washington Greene

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washington Greene
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
June 25, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Greenes elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Greene in Texas

Variations of Greene

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

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