Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Moselay, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Albert Moselay registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Albert Moselay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Moselay
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsAlbert Moselay reported 17 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Moselays 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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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