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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Alexander Brown reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Brown in Austin County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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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