Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Crawford, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Crawford registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Lewis Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Crawford
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crawford in Brazoria County
- Clark Crawfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- John Crawfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Stepney Crawfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1841
Crawfords 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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