Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Myers, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Myers registered to vote in Galveston County on June 15, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored, Canceled Jan 31, 1868" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jerry Myers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Myers
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored, Canceled Jan 31, 1868"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJerry Myers reported 4 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Myers in Galveston County
- Edward B Myersreached Texas about 1866
Myerses 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 21 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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