Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Napoleon Higgins, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Napoleon Higgins registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Napoleon Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Napoleon Higgins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Higgins in Brazoria County
- Chris Higginsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- John Higginsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- John Higginsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Morris Higginsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1830
Higginses 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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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