Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Starks, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Starks registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Alfred Starks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Starks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Starks in Brazoria County
- Isam Starksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Jacob Starksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jupiter Starksborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1837
Starkses 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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