Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Brown, Houston County, Texas, 1867
George Brown registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Brown
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Houston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "George L. Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeorge Brown reported 3 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Houston County
- Allen Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Calvin Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- John Brownborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 3 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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