Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Falkin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Richard Falkin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Richard Falkin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Falkin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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