Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samey Brown, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Samey Brown registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samey Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samey Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barney X Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSamey Brown reported 2 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
- 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 37 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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