Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo. Porter, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Geo. Porter registered to vote in Brazos County on November 18, 1869. He reported 3 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.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Geo. Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo. Porter
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Porter in Brazos County
- Edward Porterreached Texas about 1861
- James Porterreached Texas about 1859
- James Porterreached Texas about 1854
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. Brazos County's entries fill 51 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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