Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George W. Brown, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
George W. Brown registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George W. Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Brown
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGeorge W. Brown reported 15 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Brazos County
- Ben Brownreached Texas about 1848
- Czar Brownreached Texas about 1857
- David Brownreached Texas about 1842
- Farlton Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Fayette Brownreached Texas about 1865
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 Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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