Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Leusley, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

William Leusley registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

William Leusley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Leusley
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
June 12, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

William Leusley reported 14 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

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 16 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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