Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Story, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Story registered to vote in Galveston County on June 20, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Jackson Story
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Story
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- June 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsJackson Story reported 26 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Storys 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 21 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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