Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Alexander, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Alexander registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Isaac Alexander

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Alexander
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 23, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Brazoria County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Alexander in Brazoria County

Alexanders elsewhere in Texas

All 121 freedmen named Alexander 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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