Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Eason, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
George Eason registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Eason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Eason
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Easons 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 24 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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