Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Montgomery, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Montgomery registered to vote in Galveston County on June 10, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Nelson Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Montgomery
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsNelson Montgomery reported 21 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Montgomerys 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 12 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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