Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Clement, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Washington Clement registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Washington Clement
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Clement
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Clements 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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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