Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Brown, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Brown registered to vote in Hill County on July 18, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Hill County
Joseph Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Hill County
- Alfred Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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