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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

James Mc Coy reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Mc Coy in Brazos County

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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