Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Boston Harper, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Boston Harper registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Boston Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Boston Harper
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Harpers 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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