Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Adam Brown, Freestone County, Texas, 1869

Adam Brown registered to vote in Freestone County on November 25, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Adam Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Adam Brown
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 25, 1869
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Freestone County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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 42 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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