Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Greenville Brown, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Greenville Brown registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 37 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 37 years
- In Texas
- about 1830
- Reached Texas
- 36 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
Greenville Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Greenville Brown
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 37 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
36 yearsGreenville Brown reported 36 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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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