Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmund Brown, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868

Edmund Brown registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 31, 1868. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Registered in Bastrop County, Texas

What the register records

Name: Edmund Brown
County of registration: Bastrop County
Place of residence: Bastrop County
Registered: January 31, 1868
Years in Bastrop County: 1 month
Years in the precinct: 1 month
Remarks, as written: "Colored Voter"

Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Bastrop County

Archey Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Giles Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
Henry Brownborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Isic Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Jackson Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849

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 42 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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