Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam. Gilmore, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869

Sam. Gilmore registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Sam. Gilmore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam. Gilmore
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Brazoria County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Brazoria County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Gilmore in Brazoria County

Gilmores elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Gilmore 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. Brazoria County's entries fill 41 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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