Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Parker, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Henry Parker registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Parker
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Parker in Brazoria County

  • Henry Parkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858

Parkers elsewhere in Texas

All 60 freedmen named Parker 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 3 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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