Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Washington, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

William Washington registered to vote in Brazos County on June 25, 1867. He reported 1 year 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Brazos County

William Washington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Washington
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 25, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Washington in Brazos County

Washingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 262 freedmen named Washington 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 8 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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