Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Washington, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Washington registered to vote in Galveston County on June 7, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Joseph Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Washington
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Galveston County
- Andrew Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1851
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1866
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1864
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1865
Washingtons 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 4 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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