Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adams Brown, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Adams Brown registered to vote in Anderson County on August 23, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Adams Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adams Brown
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brown in Anderson County
- Benny Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Charles Brownborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- David Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Evan Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Frank Brownborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 26 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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