Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Dorsey, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Dorsey registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 16 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.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Thomas Dorsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Dorsey
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsThomas Dorsey reported 15 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Dorsey in Brazos County
- Anderson Dorseyreached Texas about 1849
- Phil Dorsey
- Sandy Dorseyreached Texas about 1848
Dorseys 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 15 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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