Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Brown, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Robert Brown registered to vote in Leon County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Brown
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. J. Arron"
- 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
- 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 29 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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