Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jessie Mason, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Jessie Mason registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 19, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Jessie Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jessie Mason
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Masons 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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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