Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Wright, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

James Wright registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

James Wright

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Wright
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 27, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

James Wright reported 15 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Wright in Brazos County

Wrights elsewhere in Texas

All 80 freedmen named Wright 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 12 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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