Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Winston, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Winston registered to vote in Galveston County on June 25, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Winston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Winston
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Winstons 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 24 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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