Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Hendley, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Hendley registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Joseph Hendley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Hendley
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hendley in Galveston County
- Joseph Hendleyreached Texas about 1847
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 16 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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