Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Porter, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Porter registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Stephen Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Porter
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Porter in Brazoria County
- Calvin Porterborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Edward Porterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1827
- James Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Josiah Porterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1827
- Philip Porterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Porters 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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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