Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J W Melford, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
J W Melford registered to vote in Galveston County on July 3, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
J W Melford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J W Melford
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Melford in Galveston County
- Davis Melfordborn in Ohio, reached Texas about 1867
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. Galveston County's entries fill 71 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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