Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Young, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Young registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
James Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Young
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Young in Brazoria County
- Abraham Youngborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- 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
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 13 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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