Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Branch, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Branch registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jacob Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Branch
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Branch in Brazoria County
- General Branchborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- General Branchborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- John Branchborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1834
- Mason Branchborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
Branches 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 28 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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