Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Stokes, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Stokes registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
James Stokes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Stokes
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stokes in Brazoria County
- Mingo Stokesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Stokeses 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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