Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Brown, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Brown registered to vote in Fayette County on July 15, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Maryland, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Maryland
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Nelson Brown

Texas

Name: Nelson Brown
Place of birth: Maryland
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: July 15, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Fayette County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Fayette County

Abram Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1834
Anderson Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Augustus Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Ben Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Charles Brownborn in Mississippi

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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 11 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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