Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Ross, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Ross registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Nelson Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Ross
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Brazoria County
- Caesar Rossborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Sorenzo Rossborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- William Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- William Rossborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- William Rossborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
Rosses 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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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