Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephriam Brown, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Ephriam Brown registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Davis County
Ephriam Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephriam Brown
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Davis County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 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
- Silas Brownborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1859
- 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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