Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Bryant, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Bryant registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 43 years in Texas, 43 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 43 years
- In Texas
- 43 years
- In the county
- about 1824
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1824 to 1870
Jefferson Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Bryant
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 43 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 43 years
- Years in the precinct
- 43 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Brazoria County
- Joseph Bryantborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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