Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Brown, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Charles Brown registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Charles Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Brown
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 5, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Charles Brown reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Brown in Harrison 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. It sits on page 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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