Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Young, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Young registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Abraham Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Young
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Young in Brazoria County
- Francis Youngborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
- Hazard Youngborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Jacob Youngborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- James Youngborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
Youngs 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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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