Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Brown, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Albert Brown registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Albert Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAlbert Brown reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Harrison County
- 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
- Edmun Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 35 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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