Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elisha Water, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Elisha Water registered to vote in Galveston County on June 4, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Elisha Water
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elisha Water
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 4, 1867
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Waters elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Water
- Waters 17
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 3 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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