Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gile Brown, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Gile Brown registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 1 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Gile Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gile Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsGile Brown reported 18 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
- 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 2 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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