Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Sparks, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Sparks registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Joseph Sparks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Sparks
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sparkses 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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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