Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Delany, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Delany registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Gabriel Delany
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Delany
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 15 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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