Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Douglas, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Douglas registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
James Douglas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Douglas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Douglas in Brazoria County
- Luke Douglasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Moses Douglasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1829
Douglases elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Douglas
- Douglass 27
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 11 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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