Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Myers, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Myers registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Thomas Myers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Myers
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Myers in Brazoria County
- Ephraim Myersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
Myerses 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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