Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Brice, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Brice registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 13 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Henry Brice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Brice
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Houston County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHenry Brice reported 12 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Brice in Houston County
- Willie Briceborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Brices 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 8 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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