Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles McGall, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Charles McGall registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 40 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
- 39 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
Charles McGall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles McGall
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 39 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
39 yearsCharles McGall reported 39 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 15 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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