Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Antony Backie, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Antony Backie registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 34 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 34 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
Antony Backie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Antony Backie
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 34 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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