Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Ross, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
William Ross registered to vote in Brazos County on July 1, 1867. He reported 8 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.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
William Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Ross
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWilliam Ross reported 6 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Ross in Brazos County
- Canton Rossreached Texas about 1856
- Jacky Rossreached Texas about 1865
- Joseph Rossreached Texas about 1864
- Roshall Rossreached Texas about 1864
- William Rossreached Texas about 1865
Rosses 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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