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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazoria County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Alfred Lawson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazoria County.

Other freedmen named Lawson in Brazoria County

Lawsons elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Lawson 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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