Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Whitley, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Tom Whitley registered to vote in Brazos County on November 24, 1869. He reported 4 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.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Tom Whitley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Whitley
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsTom Whitley reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Whitleys 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 46 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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