Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hinam Cross, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Hinam Cross registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Hinam Cross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hinam Cross
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cross in Brazoria County
- Squire Crossborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Crosses 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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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