Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Love, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Charles Love registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Charles Love

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Love
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Brazoria County
27 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 23 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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