Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peyton Monroe, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Peyton Monroe registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Peyton Monroe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peyton Monroe
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Monroe in Brazoria County
- Prince Monroeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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