Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brown Pearce, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Brown Pearce registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 20 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Collin County
Brown Pearce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brown Pearce
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- Jul. 20 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Collin County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pearce in Collin County
- Fremon Pearceborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
Pearces 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 15 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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