Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Bryant, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Richard Bryant registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Richard Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Bryant
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Brazoria County
- Jefferson Bryantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1824
- Joseph Bryantborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 38 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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