Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caesar Willis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Caesar Willis registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Caesar Willis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caesar Willis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Willis in Brazoria County
- Austin Willisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Willisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Sammuel Willisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
Willises 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 13 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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