Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Van Buren, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Martin Van Buren registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Martin Van Buren
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Van Buren
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Van Burens 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 22 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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