Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arthur Bush, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Arthur Bush registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Arthur Bush
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arthur Bush
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bush in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
- Booker Bushborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
Bushes 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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