Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Brode Blasengame, Houston County, Texas, 1867

Brode Blasengame registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Houston County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Houston County

Brode Blasengame

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Brode Blasengame
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Houston County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Houston County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Houston County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Rolando L. Blasingame"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Houston County highlighted
Houston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Brode Blasengame reported 9 years more in Texas than in Houston County.

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 3 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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