Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Hamilton, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Robert Hamilton registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Robert Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Hamilton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Hamiltonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Isaac Hamiltonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Port Royal Hamiltonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
Hamiltons 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 6 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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