Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edward Farley, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Edward Farley registered to vote in Brazos County on November 18, 1869. He reported 17 years in Texas, 4 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
17 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Edward Farley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edward Farley
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 18, 1869
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Brazos County
4 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Edward Farley reported 13 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

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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