Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Washington, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Washington registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joshua Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Brazoria County
- Gabriel Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1843
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Washingtons 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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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