Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Brown, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Jefferson Brown registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Jefferson Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Brown in Fort Bend County
- Alexander Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Berry Brownreached Texas about 1859
- Calbert Brownreached Texas about 1837
- Frank Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Gabel Brownreached Texas about 1857
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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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