Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Alexander, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Alexander registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Alexander
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Brazoria County
- Isaac Alexanderborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Napoleon Alexanderborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
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 15 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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