Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Stroud, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Ben Stroud registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 26 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.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Ben Stroud
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Stroud
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsBen Stroud reported 25 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Stroud in Brazos County
- Radrick Stroudreached Texas about 1850
Strouds 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 39 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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