Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Brown, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Brown registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Isaac Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse x Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Leon County
- Georg Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Jacob Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Pettits Brownborn in Mississippi
- Posley Brownborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
- Robert Brownborn in Texas
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 8 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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