Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Hunter, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Hunter registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Joshua Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Hunter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hunter in Brazoria County
- Manuel Hunterborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Willis Hunterborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Hunters 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 24 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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