Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Sweeper, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Abram Sweeper registered to vote in Brazos County on November 23, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Abram Sweeper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Sweeper
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 44 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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