Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Butler, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Jim Butler registered to vote in Brazos County on November 22, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jim Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Butler
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJim Butler reported 20 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Butler in Brazos County
- Albert Butlerreached Texas about 1849
- James Butlerreached Texas about 1861
- 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 42 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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