Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Brown, Caldwell County, Texas, 1868
Jack Brown registered to vote in Caldwell County on January 31, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Jack Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Brown
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Caldwell County
- George Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- George Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1867
- Samuel D. Brownborn in Mississippi, reached 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 6 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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