Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Porter, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Philip Porter registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Philip Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Porter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 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
- Soloman Porterborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
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 23 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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