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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsPeter Osburn reported 27 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Osburn in Brazos County
- Frank Osburnreached Texas about 1840
Osburns 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 12 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Brazos County, Texas
Brazos County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Brazos CountyThe Osburn name in TexasSearch Brazos County by name