Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Quarls, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
John Quarls registered to vote in Galveston County on June 22, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
John Quarls
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Quarls
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Quarls reported 3 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 22 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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