Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samson Grant, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Samson Grant registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samson Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samson Grant
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grant in Brazoria County
- Monday Grantborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Monday Grantborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Sabe Grantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Grants 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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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