Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Noah Brown, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Noah Brown registered to vote in Fayette County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Noah Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Noah Brown
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fayette County
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Noah Brown reported 21 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Brown in Fayette County

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 60 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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