Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Carey, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Carey registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Stephen Carey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Carey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Careys 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 16 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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