Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeremiah Freeman, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jeremiah Freeman registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 42 years in Texas, 42 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
- 42 years
- In Texas
- 42 years
- In the county
- about 1825
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1825 to 1870
Jeremiah Freeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeremiah Freeman
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 42 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 42 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Freemans 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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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