Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Orange Brown, Washington County, Texas, 1867
Orange Brown registered to vote in Washington County on June 14, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "F.M.C" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Orange Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Orange Brown
- County of registration
- Washington County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Washington County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Washington County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "Orange L. Brown his X mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "F.M.C"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsOrange Brown reported 24 years more in Texas than in Washington County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Washington County
- Auner Brownreached Texas about 1855
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 5 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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