Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Welch, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Welch registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Samuel Welch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Welch
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Welches 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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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