Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Ball, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Ball registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Thomas Ball
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Ball
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 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
- Jesse Ballborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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 38 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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