Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Brown, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Ben Brown registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 21 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.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Ben Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Brown
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsBen Brown reported 20 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Brazos County
- Czar Brownreached Texas about 1857
- David Brownreached Texas about 1842
- Farlton Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Fayette Brownreached Texas about 1865
- Frank Brownreached Texas about 1856
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 39 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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