Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jeremiah Brown, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jeremiah Brown registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jeremiah Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jeremiah Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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