Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Brown, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
Frank Brown registered to vote in Grayson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Frank Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Brown
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Grayson County
- Charles Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- 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
- Joel Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
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. Grayson County's entries fill 38 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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