Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Siras Brown, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Siras Brown registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Siras Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Siras Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
Other freedmen named Brown in Matagorda County
- Charles Brownborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Peter Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Samuel Brownborn in Texas, 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 11 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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