Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Orange Brown, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Orange Brown registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Orange Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Orange Brown
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Colorado County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brown in Colorado County

Browns elsewhere in Texas

All 383 freedmen named Brown 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 58 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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