Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Brown, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Charles Brown registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transfered from Lavaca Co. Nove 25, 1869" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Charles Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Brown
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Fayette County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Transfered from Lavaca Co. Nove 25, 1869"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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

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