Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paris Brown, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Paris Brown registered to vote in Grayson County on July 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Paris Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paris Brown
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearParis Brown reported 1 year more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Grayson County
- Charles Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Frank Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- George Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- J Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Jesse Brownborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
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 8 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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