Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Boone, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Boone registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 34 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 34 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
Elijah Boone
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Boone
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 34 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boone in Brazoria County
- George Booneborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- John Booneborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
Boones elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Boone
- Boon 7
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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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