Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Wade, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Harry Wade registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
1846186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Harry Wade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Wade
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsHarry Wade reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Wade in Galveston County
- Major Wadereached Texas about 1865
Wades 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 27 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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