Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Benny Earles, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Benny Earles registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 2, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Benny Earles

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Benny Earles
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Brazoria County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Earles in Brazoria County

Earleses elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Earles 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. Brazoria County's entries fill 41 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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