Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Handeman, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Handeman registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 37 years in Texas, 37 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 37 years
- In Texas
- 37 years
- In the county
- about 1830
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
Thomas Handeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Handeman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 37 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 37 years
- Years in the precinct
- 37 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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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