Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Don Marks, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Don Marks registered to vote in Brazos County on November 26, 1869. He reported 5 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.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Don Marks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Don Marks
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsDon Marks reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Marks in Brazos County
- Daniel Marksreached Texas about 1863
Markses 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 49 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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