Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Waddy, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Mark Waddy registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 32 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
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 32 years
- In the county
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
Mark Waddy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Waddy
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 32 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waddy in Brazoria County
- Robert Waddyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Sarkim Waddyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
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 28 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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