Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Brown, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Wesley Brown registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 26, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Wesley Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Brown
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 29 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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