DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Solomon Bryant, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869

Solomon Bryant registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in DeWitt County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Solomon Bryant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Solomon Bryant
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in DeWitt County
21 years
Years in the precinct
21 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Bryant

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 25 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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