Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Bradford, Austin County, Texas, 1868
James Bradford registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Bradford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Bradford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Bradford reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bradford in Austin County
- Alec Bradfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Wilson Bradfordborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Wilson Bradfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
Bradfords 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 45 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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