Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Curtis, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

George Curtis registered to vote in Brazos County on July 5, 1867. He reported 2 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
2 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

George Curtis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Curtis
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 5, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

George Curtis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Curtis in Brazos County

Curtises elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Curtis 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 21 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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