Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cupert Temple, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Cupert Temple registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 6 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
6 years
In Texas
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Galveston County

Cupert Temple

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cupert Temple
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
5
Registered
June 8, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Temple in Galveston County

Temples elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Temple 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 9 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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