Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Waney Brown, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Waney Brown registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Waney Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Waney Brown
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 22 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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