Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis McFaddee, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Lewis McFaddee registered to vote in Galveston County on July 1, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis McFaddee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis McFaddee
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLewis McFaddee reported 3 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 32 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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