Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Brown, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
George Brown registered to vote in Grayson County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Grayson County
- Charles Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Frank Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- 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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