Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wash Brown, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Wash Brown registered to vote in Galveston County on June 29, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Wash Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wash Brown
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- 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 31 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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