Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Willis Summers, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Willis Summers registered to vote in Galveston County on June 20, 1867. He reported 30 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
30 years
In Texas
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Willis Summers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Willis Summers
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
5
Registered
June 20, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in the precinct
4 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 21 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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