Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Osburn, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Peter Osburn registered to vote in Brazos County on June 28, 1867. He reported 28 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
28 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
27 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Peter Osburn

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Osburn
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 28, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
27 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

27 years

Peter Osburn reported 27 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Osburn in Brazos County

Osburns elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Osburn 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 12 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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