Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Chen, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
George Chen registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 14 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
George Chen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Chen
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsGeorge Chen reported 16 years more in Texas than in Brazos 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 26 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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