Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Barney, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Barney registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
William Barney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Barney
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barney in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Barneyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Barneyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Variations of Barney
- Barnes 26
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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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