Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spencer Brown, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Spencer Brown registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Duplicate issued Jan 30, 1868" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Spencer Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spencer Brown
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Duplicate issued Jan 30, 1868"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Spencer Brown reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

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 7 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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