Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Brownlee, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Brownlee registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Isaac Brownlee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Brownlee
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Brownlee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brownlee in Harrison County
- Isaac Brownleeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
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 56 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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