Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Carr, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Carr registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Joseph Carr
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Carr
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carr in Brazoria County
- Josiah Carrborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Carrs 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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