Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Wright, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Wright registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Nelson Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Wright
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Brazoria County
- Henry Wrightborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Jonah Wrightborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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