Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Brown, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Brown registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Dennis Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Brown
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. his x mark Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsDennis Brown reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Walker County
- Andrew Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Austin Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Bob Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Brownborn in Alabama
- Edmon Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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