Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Epps, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Moses Epps registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Moses Epps
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Epps
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Epps in Brazoria County
- Silas Eppsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1836
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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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