Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Heckman, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Heckman registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 40 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Edmond Heckman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Heckman
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 3 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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