Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Hannah, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Sam Hannah registered to vote in Brazos County on June 28, 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Sam Hannah

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Hannah
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 28, 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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Sam Hannah reported 17 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 13 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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