Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Bonner, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Louis Bonner registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Louis Bonner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Bonner
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bonner in Brazoria County
- Green Bonnerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1853
Bonners 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 10 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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