Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Skelton, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Skelton registered to vote in Brazos County on July 30, 1867. He reported 16 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.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Stephen Skelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Skelton
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsStephen Skelton reported 15 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Skeltons 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. It sits on page 28 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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