Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Edwards, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

John Edwards registered to vote in Brazos County on November 17, 1869. He reported 2 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Brazos County

John Edwards

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Edwards
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Brazos County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Edwards in Brazos County

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All 94 freedmen named Edwards in Texas

Variations of Edwards

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 34 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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