Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Foster, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
John Foster registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 6 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.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
John Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Foster
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Foster reported 5 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Foster in Brazos County
- Allen Fosterreached Texas about 1846
- Charley Fosterreached Texas about 1849
- David Fosterreached Texas about 1843
- Frank Fosterreached Texas about 1847
- Green Fosterreached Texas about 1846
Fosters 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 25 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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