Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hall, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
William Hall registered to vote in Galveston County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hall
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWilliam Hall reported 6 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Hall in Galveston County
- Ely Hallreached Texas about 1857
- Henry Hall
- J H Hallreached Texas about 1853
- Jackson Hallreached Texas about 1866
- Jerry Hallreached Texas about 1860
Halls 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 49 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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