Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Solomon, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Solomon registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
Alexander Solomon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Solomon
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 40 years
- Years in the precinct
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Solomons 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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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