Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Pralls, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Henry Pralls registered to vote in Galveston County on January 30, 1868. He reported Massachusetts 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.
- Massachusetts
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Pralls
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Pralls
- Place of birth
- Massachusetts
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsHenry Pralls reported 0 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
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 48 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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