Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
T.J. Brown, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
T.J. Brown registered to vote in Harrison County on June 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
T.J. Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- T.J. Brown
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "T. J. Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsT.J. Brown reported 25 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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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