Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Monroe, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Prince Monroe registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Prince Monroe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Monroe
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Monroe in Brazoria County
- Peyton Monroeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Monroes 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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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