Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Edwards, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Richard Edwards registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Richard Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Edwards
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Brazoria County
- Antony Edwardsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1827
- Epheim Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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