Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thompson Brown, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Thompson Brown registered to vote in Chambers County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thompson Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thompson Brown
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1836"
- Naturalized, where
- "Louisiana"
- Signature, as written
- "Thompson Person"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearThompson Brown reported 1 year more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Chambers County
- Elias Brownborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Nathaniel Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1827
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 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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