Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Brown, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Adam Brown registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Adam Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Brazoria County
- Abraham Brownborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- 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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