Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Rolling, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Rolling registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Jacob Rolling
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Rolling
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJacob Rolling reported 17 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Variations of Rolling
- Rollins 9
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 3 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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