Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Poole, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Sam Poole registered to vote in Brazos County on July 5, 1867. He reported 5 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.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Sam Poole
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Poole
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSam Poole reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Poole in Brazos County
- Henry Poolereached Texas about 1839
- Jack Poolereached Texas about 1848
Variations of Poole
- Pool 9
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 21 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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