Trinity County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Brown, Trinity County, Texas, 1867
James Brown registered to vote in Trinity County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Trinity County registered 204 freedmen in 1867, 26% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Trinity County
James Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Trinity County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 months
- Years in Trinity County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Antony Culbreath"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 1 of the Trinity County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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