Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Ware, Galveston County, Texas, 1868

Henry Ware registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Galveston County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1858
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Henry Ware

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Ware
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
4
Registered
January 27, 1868
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Galveston County
9 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

9 years

Henry Ware reported 9 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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