Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Smoker, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Henry Smoker registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Henry Smoker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Smoker
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Brazoria County
30 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

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. Brazoria County's entries fill 41 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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