Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jonah Wright, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Jonah Wright registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jonah Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jonah Wright
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Brazoria County
- Henry Wrightborn in Louisiana, 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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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