Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Lyon, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Lyon registered to vote in Brazos County on June 28, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Thomas Lyon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Lyon
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lyons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Lyon
- Lyons 12
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 14 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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