Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathaniel Brown, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Nathaniel Brown registered to vote in Chambers County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina" beside his name.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Chambers County
Nathaniel Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathaniel Brown
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 40 years
- Years in the precinct
- 40 years
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "South Carolina"
- Signature, as written
- "W. Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina"
Other freedmen named Brown in Chambers County
- Elias Brownborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Thompson Brownborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
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 4 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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