Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Brown, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Brown registered to vote in Fayette County on September 24, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Brown
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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