Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Diggo, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
George Diggo registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 13 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Diggo
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Diggo
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Diggo reported 7 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Diggo in Brazoria County
- James Diggoborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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