Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Richardson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Richardson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Lewis Richardson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Richardson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richardson in Galveston County
- Thomas Richardsonreached Texas about 1855
Richardsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richardson
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 14 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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