Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Welsh, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Edward Welsh registered to vote in Galveston County on November 23, 1869. He reported Ireland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Naturalized in New Orleans District Court in 1845" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Edward Welsh
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Welsh
- Place of birth
- Ireland
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Naturalized in New Orleans District Court in 1845"
Welshes 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 60 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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