Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Higgins, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
John Higgins registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
John Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Higgins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Higgins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Higgins in Brazoria County
- Chris Higginsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- John Higginsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Morris Higginsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1830
- Napoleon Higginsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
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 38 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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