Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Waddy, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Eli Waddy registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Eli Waddy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Waddy
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waddy in Brazoria County
- Mark Waddyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1835
- 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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