Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Wallace, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

James Wallace registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 16 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
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

James Wallace

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Wallace
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 8, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Galveston County
9 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

James Wallace reported 15 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Wallace in Galveston County

Wallaces elsewhere in Texas

All 39 freedmen named Wallace 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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