Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Sharpe, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Alex Sharpe registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 40 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.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1829
- Reached Texas
- 39 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1829 to 1870
Alex Sharpe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Sharpe
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 39 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
39 yearsAlex Sharpe reported 39 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Variations of Sharpe
- Sharp 12
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 39 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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