Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Precher, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Precher registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Andrew Precher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Precher
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsAndrew Precher reported 23 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 23 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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