Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clark Crawford, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Clark Crawford registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Clark Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clark Crawford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crawford in Brazoria County
- John 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 39 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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