Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
General Branch, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
General Branch registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
General Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- General Branch
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Branch in Brazoria County
- General Branchborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Jacob Branchborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 38 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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