Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Brown, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Brown registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Isaac Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Brown
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsIsaac Brown reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Harrison County
- Albert Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Austin Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Berry Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Bill Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 44 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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