Hardin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Bracken, Hardin County, Texas, 1867
Simon Bracken registered to vote in Hardin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hardin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hardin County registered 41 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Simon Bracken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Bracken
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hardin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hardin County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Hardin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSimon Bracken reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hardin County.
Brackens 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 1 of the Hardin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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