Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Edwards, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Edwards registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Ephraim Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Edwards
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Brazoria County
- Antony Edwardsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1827
- Richard Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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