Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Brown, Victoria County, Texas, 1869
William Brown registered to vote in Victoria County on November 17, 1869. 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.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
William Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Brown
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Dick X Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Victoria County
- Jr., Thomas Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Kitto Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Lewis Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Louis Brownreached Texas about 1866
- Mathias Brownreached Texas about 1866
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 20 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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