Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Bryant, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Bryant registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Joseph Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Bryant
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Brazoria County
- Jefferson Bryantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1824
- Richard Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Whitfield Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1841
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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