Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Fisher, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Fisher registered to vote in Brazos County on July 5, 1867. He reported 18 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.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Thomas Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Fisher
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsThomas Fisher reported 17 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Fisher in Brazos County
- Alfred Fisherreached Texas about 1863
- James Fisherreached Texas about 1850
Fishers 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 21 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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