Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sherrard Hardeman, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Sherrard Hardeman registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Sherrard Hardeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sherrard Hardeman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hardemans 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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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