Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Porter, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
James Porter registered to vote in Brazos County on November 17, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Porter
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Porter reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Porter in Brazos County
- Edward Porterreached Texas about 1861
- Geo. Porterreached Texas about 1866
- James Porterreached Texas about 1859
Porters 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 33 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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