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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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 85 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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