Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Brown, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Brown registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Brown
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Madison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJoseph Brown reported 5 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Madison County
- James Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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 14 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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