Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Brown, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Brown registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
25 years
In Texas
about 1842
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Brazos County

Thomas Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Brown
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 14, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Brazos County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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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