Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Love, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Abram Love registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Abram Love

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Love
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Brazoria County
16 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 Love in Brazoria County

Loves elsewhere in Texas

All 38 freedmen named Love 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 16 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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