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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsHenry Ware reported 9 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Ware in Galveston County
- Humpry Warereached Texas about 1867
- Peter Warereached Texas about 1851
Wares 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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