Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Rose, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Moses Rose registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Moses Rose
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Rose
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rose in Brazoria County
- James Roseborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Osborne Roseborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
Roses 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 11 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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