Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Beard, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Beard registered to vote in Brazos County on November 16, 1869. He reported 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Thomas Beard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Beard
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThomas Beard reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Beards 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 33 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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