Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Brown, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Brown registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 44 years in Texas, 44 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
44 years
In Texas
44 years
In the county
about 1823
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1823 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Alfred Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Brown
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
44 years
Years in Brazoria County
44 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Brazoria County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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 22 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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