Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tyas Galbraith, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Tyas Galbraith registered to vote in Colorado County on November 22, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Tyas Galbraith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tyas Galbraith
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsTyas Galbraith reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 57 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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