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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Massachusetts and Texas marked
Born in Massachusetts, registered in Galveston County, Texas
Massachusetts
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1867
Reached Texas
0 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

0 years

Henry 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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