Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Brown, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Washington Brown registered to vote in Freestone County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Washington Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Freestone County
- Adam Brownborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1850
- Allen Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- Gabriel Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Lewis Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Pompey Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
Browns elsewhere 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 15 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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