Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Black, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Richard Black registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Richard Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Black
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Black in Brazoria County
- Edmund Blackborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Edward Blackborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Joesph Blackborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1844
- Martin Blackborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- Prickney Blackborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Blacks 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 13 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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