Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Brown, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Frank Brown registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Frank Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Brown
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsFrank Brown reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Colorado County
- Arch Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Garland Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Hardy Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
- James Brownborn in Ohio, reached Texas about 1866
- Jesse Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 36 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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