Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Beaufort, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Beaufort registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Thomas Beaufort
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Beaufort
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 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 38 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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