Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Brown, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Robert Brown registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearRobert Brown reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Kaufman County
- Kitchard Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Lish Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Preston Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
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 2 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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