Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandrus Lemons, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Sandrus Lemons registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Sandrus Lemons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandrus Lemons
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lemons in Brazoria County
- Henry Lemonsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Lemonses 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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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