Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Booker Bush, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Booker Bush registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 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
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
1838186018621864186618681870
In Brazoria County
Booker Bush
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Booker Bush
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bush in Brazoria County
- Arthur Bushborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
- Benjamin Bushborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Brazoria County, Texas
Brazoria County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Brazoria CountyThe Bush name in TexasBorn in TexasSearch Brazoria County by name