Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Bryant, Newton County, Texas, 1869
David Bryant registered to vote in Newton County on November 25, 1869. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 4 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
David Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Bryant
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Newton County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 9 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Texas"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsDavid Bryant reported 9 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Bryant in Newton County
- Frank Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 9 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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