Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Brown, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
James Brown registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Brown
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- 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 Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
- Richard Brownborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1867
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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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