Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Pometa, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
John Pometa registered to vote in Brazos County on November 16, 1869. He reported 3 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.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
John Pometa
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Pometa
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Pometa reported 1 year more in Texas than 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. Brazos County's entries fill 51 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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