Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alva Kennedy, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alva Kennedy registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Alva Kennedy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alva Kennedy
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kennedy in Brazoria County
- Abraham Kennedyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Claiborne Kennedyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Joseph Kennedyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- July Kennedyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Kennedys 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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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