Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Brown, Jackson County, Texas, 1868
Austin Brown registered to vote in Jackson County on January 28, 1868. He reported 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Austin Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Brown
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Jackson County
- Frank Brownreached Texas about 1855
- Frank Brownreached Texas about 1847
- Gilbert Brownreached Texas about 1857
- Robert Brownreached Texas about 1853
- Samuel Brownreached Texas about 1851
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 11 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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