Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Brown, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Simon Brown registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- 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 Houston County
Simon Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Simon Person"
- 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
- John Brownborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1859
- Loyde Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1862
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 5 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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