Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Brown, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Brown registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Samuel Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Brown
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 24 years
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsSamuel Brown reported 24 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Matagorda County
- Charles Brownborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Peter Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Siras Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
- Thomas Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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