Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Fields, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Fields registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
William Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Fields
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Brazoria County
- Robert Fieldsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 16 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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