Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Macklin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Macklin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Henry Macklin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Macklin
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Macklin in Brazoria County
- Soloman Macklinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Macklins 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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