Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Owens Brown, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Owens Brown registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Owens Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Owens Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Owens x Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Shelby County
- Simson Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 11 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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