Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Brigham, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Brigham registered to vote in Hunt County on July 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 9 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Thomas Brigham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Brigham
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X (his mark) Reighan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThomas Brigham reported 12 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Brigham in Hunt County
- Anthony Brighamborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- John Brighamborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
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 Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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