Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Flake, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Flake registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ephraim Flake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Flake
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsEphraim Flake reported 8 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Flakes 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 6 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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