Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Wade, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Wade registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 4, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Wade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Wade
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wade in Brazoria County
- Wilson Wadeborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1837
Wades 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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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