Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Steve Hicks, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Steve Hicks registered to vote in Brazos County on November 23, 1869. He reported 10 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.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Steve Hicks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Steve Hicks
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSteve Hicks reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Hicks in Brazos County
- Major Hicksreached Texas about 1862
- Newall Hicksreached Texas about 1861
Hickses 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 43 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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