Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Brown, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Brown registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Walker County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

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Andrew Brown

Texas

Name: Andrew Brown
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 1
Registered: August 22, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Walker County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Signature, as written: "A. X Brown"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Walker County

Austin Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Bob Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
Charles Brownborn in Alabama
Dennis Brownborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Edmon Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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 17 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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