Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Brown, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Bob Brown registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in precinct for 7 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Bob Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Brown
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bob his X mark Diggs"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in precinct for 7 days"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBob Brown reported 14 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
- 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
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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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