Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Crockett Brazilio, Gillespie County, Texas, 1869

Crockett Brazilio registered to vote in Gillespie County on November 22, 1869. He reported 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gillespie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gillespie County, Texas
12 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gillespie County

Crockett Brazilio

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Crockett Brazilio
County of registration
Gillespie County
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Gillespie County
1 year
Years in Texas before Gillespie County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gillespie County highlighted
Gillespie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Crockett Brazilio reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gillespie 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 12 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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