Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Brown, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Madison Brown registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Madison Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Brown
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Dennis Brownborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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