Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edward Ray, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Edward Ray registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 30 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
30 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
25 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Edward Ray

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edward Ray
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Brazos County
5 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

25 years

Edward Ray reported 25 years 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. It sits on page 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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