Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
George Washington registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 3 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.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGeorge Washington reported 2 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Brazos County
- Bohing Washingtonreached Texas about 1862
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1861
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1860
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1837
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1852
Washingtons 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 38 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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