Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambrose Sammuel, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Ambrose Sammuel registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 12 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.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Ambrose Sammuel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambrose Sammuel
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAmbrose Sammuel reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Sammuel in Brazos County
- Reuben Sammuelreached Texas about 1863
Sammuels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sammuel
- Samuel 14
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 11 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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