Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Wright, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

John Wright registered to vote in Brazos County on June 28, 1867. He reported 23 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
23 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1844
Reached Texas
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

John Wright

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Wright
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 28, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
22 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

22 years

John Wright reported 22 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 13 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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