Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Brown, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Bill Brown registered to vote in Harrison County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Bill Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 85 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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