Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Crenshaw, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Charles Crenshaw registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles Crenshaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Crenshaw
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Crenshaws 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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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