Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Brazil, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Washington Brazil registered to vote in Colorado County on August 1, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Washington Brazil
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Brazil
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 26 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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