Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Niel, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Niel registered to vote in Galveston County on July 12, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Henry Niel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Niel
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 0.25 months
- Years in the precinct
- 0.25 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Niels 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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