Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tucker White, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Tucker White registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Tucker White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tucker White
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsTucker White reported 4 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named White in Galveston County
- Frank Whitereached Texas about 1859
- Henry Whitereached Texas about 1849
- Jasper Whitereached Texas about 1842
- Manuel Whitereached Texas about 1866
- Randle Whiteborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
Whites 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 44 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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