Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchell Brown, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Mitchell Brown registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 9 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Mitchell Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchell Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsMitchell Brown reported 13 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Brazoria County
- Abraham Brownborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- Adam Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1832
- Alfred Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1823
- Anthony Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Benjamin Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1847
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 24 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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