Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Preston, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Preston registered to vote in Galveston County on July 11, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Alexander Preston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Preston
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Prestons 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 39 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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