Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Haywood, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Haywood registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Wilson Haywood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Haywood
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWilson Haywood reported 6 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Haywoods 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 27 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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