Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alf Brewer, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Alf Brewer registered to vote in Hunt County on July 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Alf Brewer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alf Brewer
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
10
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Hunt County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hunt County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Alex Brewer"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Alf Brewer reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Brewers elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Brewer 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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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