Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Blair, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
David Blair registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
David Blair
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Blair
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsDavid Blair reported 6 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Blairs 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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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