Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

David Rone, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

David Rone registered to vote in Galveston County on June 28, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Galveston County

David Rone

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
David Rone
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 28, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

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 30 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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