Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Brown, Houston County, Texas, 1867
John Brown registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Brown
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Houston County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Houston County
- Allen Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Calvin Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- George Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Loyde Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1862
- Oscar Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 2 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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