Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
H.C. Brown, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
H.C. Brown registered to vote in Tyler County on August 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
H.C. Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- H.C. Brown
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. C. Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsH.C. Brown reported 17 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Tyler County
- Abram Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
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 Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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