Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abreham Hampton, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Abreham Hampton registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Abreham Hampton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abreham Hampton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hampton in Brazoria County
- Wade Hamptonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1831
Hamptons 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 5 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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