Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hambleton, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Hambleton registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
James Hambleton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hambleton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hambleton in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Hambletonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- James Hambletonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
- Port Royal Hambletonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Hambletons 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 7 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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