Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hudson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Hudson registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Lewis Hudson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hudson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsLewis Hudson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Hudsons 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 42 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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