Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Fred Hannan, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Fred Hannan registered to vote in Galveston County on June 29, 1867. He reported 13 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
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Fred Hannan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Fred Hannan
County of registration
Galveston County
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Galveston County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
12 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

12 years

Fred Hannan reported 12 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. It sits on page 31 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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