Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Posley Brown, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Posley Brown registered to vote in Leon County on August 16, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Posley Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Posley Brown
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Naturalized, where
- "Wesley Green"
- Signature, as written
- "George Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 14 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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