Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jim Russell, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Jim Russell registered to vote in Brazos County on July 29, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 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
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Brazos County

Jim Russell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jim Russell
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Brazos County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Russells elsewhere in Texas

All 17 freedmen named Russell in Texas

Variations of Russell

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 28 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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