Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Davis Melford, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Davis Melford registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Ohio as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Ohio
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Davis Melford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Davis Melford
- Place of birth
- Ohio
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Melford in Galveston County
- J W Melfordreached Texas about 1866
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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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