Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Roy, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Roy registered to vote in Galveston County on June 28, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Henry Roy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Roy
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry Roy reported 6 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Roy in Galveston County
- Semore Royreached Texas about 1858
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 29 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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