Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Brown, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Brown registered to vote in Galveston County on June 13, 1867. He reported 34 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
34 years
In Texas
about 1833
Reached Texas
33 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1833 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Thomas Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Brown
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
3
Registered
June 13, 1867
Years in Texas
34 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Galveston County
33 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

33 years

Thomas Brown reported 33 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Brown in Galveston 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 16 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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