Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Preston Brown, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Preston Brown registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Preston Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Preston Brown
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 12, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Preston Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPreston Brown reported 9 years 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
- Robert Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
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 7 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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