Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Ray, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Ray registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
James Ray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Ray
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ray in Brazoria County
- Isaac Rayborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- John Rayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Stephen Rayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
Rays 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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