Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Brown, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Brown registered to vote in Austin County on July 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Brown
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 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 Texas, reached Texas about 1837
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 14 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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