Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel McNiel, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Manuel McNiel registered to vote in Galveston County on July 12, 1867. He reported 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
1848186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Manuel McNiel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel McNiel
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsManuel McNiel reported 18 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
McNiels 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 40 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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