Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Waller, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Waller registered to vote in Galveston County on November 24, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Lewis Waller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Waller
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waller in Galveston County
- William Wallerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
Wallers 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 65 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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