Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Brown, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Silas Brown registered to vote in Davis County on July 23, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Davis County
Silas Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Brown
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Davis County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Davis County
- Benjamin H. Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- David Brownborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Ephriam Brownborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Tom Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
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 8 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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