Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Roe, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Roe registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 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
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Joseph Roe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Roe
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Roes 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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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