Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Givens, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Givens registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Givens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Givens
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Givens in Brazoria County
- Jeremiah Givensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
Givenses 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 34 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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