Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Semore Roy, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Semore Roy registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Semore Roy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Semore Roy
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsSemore Roy reported 8 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Roy in Galveston County
- Henry Royreached Texas about 1860
Roys 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 8 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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