Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Brown, Hays County, Texas, 1867
Moses Brown registered to vote in Hays County. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hays County
Moses Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Brown
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 2
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Hays County
- Ephraim Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Gilbert Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Jesse Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Joseph Brownborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1866
- Levi Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
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 7 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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