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.
- 34 years
- In Texas
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
- 33 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
1833186018621864186618681870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
33 yearsThomas Brown reported 33 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Galveston County
- Alexander Brownreached Texas about 1847
- Edward Brownreached Texas about 1845
- Franklin Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Franklin Brownreached Texas about 1865
- George Brownreached Texas about 1846
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 16 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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