Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Pinckney, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
David Pinckney registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
David Pinckney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Pinckney
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pinckney in Brazoria County
- Monday Pinckneyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1842
Variations of Pinckney
- Pinkney 5
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 7 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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