Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Banks, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Simon Banks registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Simon Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Banks
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banks in Brazoria County
- Albert Banksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Butler Banksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Banksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- James Banksborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
Bankses 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 4 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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