Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Brown, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Edward Brown registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Austin County
Edward Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Austin County
- Alexander Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Alexander Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Alexander Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Alfred Brownborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- Edward Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
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 42 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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