Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Lawson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Alfred Lawson registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 25, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 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
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alfred Lawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Lawson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAlfred Lawson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Lawson in Brazoria County
- Bristol Lawsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Irvin Lawsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Lawsons 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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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