Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Brown, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Brown registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Brown
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Arrant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSamuel Brown reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Leon County
- Georg Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Isaac Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Jacob Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Pettits Brownborn in Mississippi
- Posley Brownborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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