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.
- 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"
Summerses 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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