Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harvey Eliot, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Harvey Eliot registered to vote in Brazos County on November 18, 1869. He reported 7 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.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harvey Eliot
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harvey Eliot
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHarvey Eliot reported 6 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Eliot in Brazos County
- William Eliotreached Texas about 1845
Variations of Eliot
- Elliot 7
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 35 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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