Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Brown, Houston County, Texas, 1867

Stephen Brown registered to vote in Houston County on July 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Houston County. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Houston County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Houston County

Stephen Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen Brown
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Houston County
Precinct
10
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Houston County
7 years
Signature, as written
"Stephen Brown"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Houston County highlighted
Houston County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Houston County

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 4 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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