Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Jenkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Jenkins registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 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
Alfred Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Jenkins
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Galveston County
- James Jenkinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- John Jenkinsreached Texas about 1855
Jenkinses 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 27 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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