Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Elijah Brown, Jasper County, Texas, 1869

Elijah Brown registered to vote in Jasper County on November 22, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Jasper County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Elijah Brown
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 22, 1869
Signature, as written
"Elijah Renno"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

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 17 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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