DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Brown, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
James Brown registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 17, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
James Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Brown
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 1 year
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Brown reported 1 year more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Other freedmen named Brown in DeWitt County
- Allen Brownreached Texas about 1846
- Bob Brownreached Texas about 1852
- Ceaser Brownreached Texas about 1842
- David Brownreached Texas about 1859
- Frank Brownreached Texas about 1861
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 3 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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