Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Whitney, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Whitney registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Isaac Whitney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Whitney
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Whitneys 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 11 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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