Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Antonio Winston, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Antonio Winston registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 25, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transf. from Matagorda Co" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Antonio Winston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Antonio Winston
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transf. from Matagorda Co"
Winstons 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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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