Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Squire March, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Squire March registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Squire March
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Squire March
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Marches 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 22 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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