Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Erwin Beesley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Erwin Beesley registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Erwin Beesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Erwin Beesley
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Beesleys 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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