Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Francis White, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Francis White registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported New Jersey as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Certificate cancelled. Convicted of Felony" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with New Jersey and Texas marked
Born in New Jersey, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
New Jersey
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Brazoria County

Francis White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Francis White
Place of birth
New Jersey
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
September 10, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Brazoria County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Certificate cancelled. Convicted of Felony"
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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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