Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Crawford, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Crawford registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
John Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Crawford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crawford in Brazoria County
- Clark Crawfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Crawfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- 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 36 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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