Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Butler, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Albert Butler registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 18 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.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Albert Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Butler
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAlbert Butler reported 16 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Butler in Brazos County
- James Butlerreached Texas about 1861
- Jim Butlerreached Texas about 1848
- Wyatt Butlerreached Texas about 1864
Butlers 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 11 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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