Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Wright, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Wright registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Henry Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Wright
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Brazoria County
- Jonah Wrightborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Nelson Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Robert Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Scott Wrightborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
- Scott Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
Wrights 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 23 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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