Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawrence Francis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Lawrence Francis registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 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
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Lawrence Francis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawrence Francis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Francis in Brazoria County
- Isaac Francisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Francises 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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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