Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Silas, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Silas registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Silas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Silas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Silases 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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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