Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Scraggins, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
George Scraggins registered to vote in Brazos County on November 24, 1869. He reported 19 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
George Scraggins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Scraggins
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsGeorge Scraggins reported 18 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Scraggins in Brazos County
- Reubew Scragginsreached Texas about 1852
- Richard Scragginsreached Texas about 1866
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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