Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambrose Hightover, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Ambrose Hightover registered to vote in Galveston County on June 4, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Ambrose Hightover
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambrose Hightover
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAmbrose Hightover reported 16 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Variations of Hightover
- Hightower 24
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 2 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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