Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Giles Brown, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Giles Brown registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
Giles Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Giles Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Other freedmen named Brown in Bastrop County
- Archey Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Edmund Brown
- 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
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 1 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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