Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Napoleon J. Alexander, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Napoleon J. Alexander registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Napoleon J. Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Napoleon J. Alexander
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Brazoria County
- Isaac Alexanderborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- John Alexanderborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Alexanders 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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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