Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Eliot, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

William Eliot registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 24 years in Texas. 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
24 years
In Texas
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Brazos County

William Eliot

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Eliot
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
24 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 Eliot in Brazos County

Variations of Eliot

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

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