Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Bryont, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Alford Bryont registered to vote in Madison County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Alford Bryont
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Bryont
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Dupont"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsAlford Bryont reported 23 years more in Texas than in Madison 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 15 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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