Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J.M. Hampton, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
J.M. Hampton registered to vote in Brazos County on November 16, 1869. He reported 31 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
J.M. Hampton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.M. Hampton
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsJ.M. Hampton reported 29 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Hampton in Brazos County
- Squire Hamptonreached Texas about 1863
Hamptons 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 33 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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