Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Brown, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Brown registered to vote in Colorado County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 20 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Nelson Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Brown
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsNelson Brown reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Colorado County
- Arch Brownborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Frank Brownborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Garland Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Hardy Brownborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
- James Brownborn in Ohio, reached Texas about 1866
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 44 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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