Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hugh Brown, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Hugh Brown registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 19, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Hugh Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hugh Brown
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Gonzales County
- Aaron Brownreached Texas about 1863
- Claiborn Brownreached Texas about 1847
- Jim Brownreached Texas about 1854
- John Brownreached Texas about 1846
- Peter Brownreached Texas about 1861
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 36 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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