Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam White, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Sam White registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 20 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.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Sam White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam White
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsSam White reported 19 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named White in Brazos County
- Edmmund Whitereached Texas about 1852
- Harrison Whitereached Texas about 1848
- John Whitereached Texas about 1854
- Washington Whitereached Texas about 1863
Whites 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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