Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert White, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Robert White registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Robert White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert White
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Brazoria County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named White in Brazoria County

Whites elsewhere in Texas

All 150 freedmen named White 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 26 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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