Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Norris Higgins, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Norris Higgins registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 5, 1867. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 37 years
- In Texas
- 37 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Norris Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Norris Higgins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 37 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 37 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
- 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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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