Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leonard Brown, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Leonard Brown registered to vote in Liberty County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leonard Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Bernard his x mark Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Liberty County
- Abraham Brownborn in Louisiana
- Allack Brownborn in Louisiana
- John Brownborn in Tennessee
- Jr., Robert Brownborn in Louisiana
- Neathan Brownborn in Louisiana
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 10 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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