Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Charleston, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
William Charleston registered to vote in Victoria County on June 29, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
William Charleston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Charleston
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By the Dist. Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "Mch. 10. 1856"
- Naturalized, where
- "Victoria - Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "William his X mark Powers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Charleston in Victoria County
- Green Charlestonreached Texas about 1866
Charlestons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Charleston
- Charles 6
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 9 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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