Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Brown, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Brown registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Abraham Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Brown
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Brazoria County
- 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
- Charles Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1824
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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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