Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Brown, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Brown registered to vote in Cameron County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Brown
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Brown reported 2 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Cameron County
- James Brownborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- John Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Manuel Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Sim Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1865
- Sun Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1865
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 Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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