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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
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
- Charlie Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 68 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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