Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Cleveland, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Cleveland registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 20 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
William Cleveland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Cleveland
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam Cleveland reported 5 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Clevelands 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.
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