Medina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Bradford, Medina County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Bradford registered to vote in Medina County on September 11, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 7 of them in Medina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Medina County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Samuel Bradford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Bradford
- County of registration
- Medina County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Medina County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Medina County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSamuel Bradford reported 16 years more in Texas than in Medina County.
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 6 of the Medina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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