Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mingo Hunt, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Mingo Hunt registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 6, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Mingo Hunt

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mingo Hunt
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Brazoria County
30 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hunt in Brazoria County

Hunts elsewhere in Texas

All 20 freedmen named Hunt 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 10 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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