Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Brenan, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Brenan registered to vote in Bexar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Thomas Brenan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Brenan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsThomas Brenan reported 27 years more in Texas than in Bexar 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 10 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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