Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Gorman, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Henry Gorman registered to vote in Brazos County on July 18, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 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
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Brazos County

Henry Gorman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Gorman
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Brazos County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

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

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