Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Ross, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Ross registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 24 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
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
William Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Ross
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsWilliam Ross reported 19 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Ross in Brazoria County
- Caesar Rossborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Nelson Rossborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Sorenzo Rossborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- William Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- William Rossborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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