Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Lancaster, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Lancaster registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander Lancaster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Lancaster
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lancasters 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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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