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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 44 years
- In Texas
- 44 years
- In the county
- about 1823
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1823 to 1870
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"
Other freedmen named Brown in Brazoria County
- Abraham Brownborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- Adam Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1832
- 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 22 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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