Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Waddy, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Robert Waddy registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Robert Waddy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Waddy
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waddy in Brazoria County
- Mark Waddyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1835
- 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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