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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Davis County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Davis County

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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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