Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben Reeden, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Reuben Reeden registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Reuben Reeden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben Reeden
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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