Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tom Mage, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Tom Mage registered to vote in Brazos County on November 18, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 5 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
22 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Tom Mage

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tom Mage
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 18, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Brazos County
5 years
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

Tom Mage reported 17 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Mages elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Mage in Texas

Variations of Mage

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 35 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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