Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Graham, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
George Graham registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Graham
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsGeorge Graham reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Grahams 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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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