Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Jenkins, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Robert Jenkins registered to vote in Brazos County on November 17, 1869. He reported 4 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.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Jenkins
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRobert Jenkins reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Brazos County
- James Jenkinsreached Texas about 1859
- Josiah Jenkinsreached Texas about 1832
Jenkinses 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 34 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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