Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Brown, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Brown registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Transferred to Washington county" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Brown
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Transferred to Washington county"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAlexander Brown reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Austin County
- Alexander Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Alexander Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Alfred Brownborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- Edward Brownborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- 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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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