Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mc Coy, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Mc Coy registered to vote in Brazos County on June 21, 1867. He reported 13 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.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Mc Coy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mc Coy
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- June 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Mc Coy reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Mc Coy in Brazos County
- Brow Mc Coyreached Texas about 1851
- Ransom Mc Coyreached Texas about 1865
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 3 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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