Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Weeks, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Weeks registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Henry Weeks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Weeks
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Weekses 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 13 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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