Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Granville Kent, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Granville Kent registered to vote in Galveston County on January 29, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Granville Kent
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Granville Kent
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kent in Galveston County
- Dennis Kentreached Texas about 1858
Kents 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 48 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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