Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Ball, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Ball registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Jesse Ball
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Ball
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ball in Brazoria County
- Henderson Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Jeremiah Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Thomas Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
Balls 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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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