Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Philip Brown, Comal County, Texas, 1867

Philip Brown registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Comal County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County

Philip Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Philip Brown
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Comal County
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Comal County
1 year
Years in Texas before Comal County
16 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comal County highlighted
Comal County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Philip Brown reported 16 years more in Texas than in Comal County.

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 1 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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