Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ambrose, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ambrose registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Henry Ambrose
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ambrose
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ambroses 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 35 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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