Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Howes, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Jacob Howes registered to vote in Galveston County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Jacob Howes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Howes
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 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 49 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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