Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordin Brown, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jordin Brown registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
1844186018621864186618681870
In Fayette County
Jordin Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordin Brown
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
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 Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Fayette County, Texas
Fayette County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Fayette CountyThe Brown name in TexasBorn in TexasSearch Fayette County by name