Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Winford Steele, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Winford Steele registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Winford Steele
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Winford Steele
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steele in Brazoria County
- Jacob Steeleborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1837
- Spencer Steeleborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
Steeles elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steele
- Steel 7
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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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