Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Brown, Bexar County, Texas, 1868
Richard Brown registered to vote in Bexar County on January 31, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Richard Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Brown
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Bexar County
- Allen Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1839
- Henry Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- James Brownborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- James Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
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 40 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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