Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chance Grubbs, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Chance Grubbs registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Chance Grubbs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chance Grubbs
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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