Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Sibley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Henry Sibley registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Henry Sibley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Sibley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sibley in Brazoria County
- Henry Sibleyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
Sibleys 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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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