Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Brown, Victoria County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Brown registered to vote in Victoria County on July 20, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Victoria County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Victoria County

Lewis Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Brown
County of registration
Victoria County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Victoria County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"S. H. Benham"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Victoria County highlighted
Victoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Victoria County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 415 freedmen named Brown 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 17 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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