Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Epps, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Silas Epps registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 31 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 31 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Silas Epps
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Epps
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 31 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Epps in Brazoria County
- Moses Eppsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Eppses 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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