Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Bess, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Edward Bess registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Edward Bess
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Bess
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bess in Brazoria County
- Augustus Bessborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Bessborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Nicholas Bessborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Oscar Bessborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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