Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simson Brown, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Simson Brown registered to vote in Shelby County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Simson Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simson Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Signature, as written
- "Ambrose x Beard"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Shelby County
- Owens Brownborn in Virginia, 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 18 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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