Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hardy, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
John Hardy registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 20 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.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
John Hardy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hardy
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn Hardy reported 18 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Hardy in Brazos County
- Henry Hardyreached Texas about 1855
Hardys 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 40 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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