Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Brown, Denton County, Texas, 1867
Eli Brown registered to vote in Denton County on August 13, 1867. He reported Indian Territory as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Indian Territory
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Denton County
Eli Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Brown
- Place of birth
- Indian Territory
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Denton County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
Other freedmen named Brown in Denton County
- Jeremiah Brownborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Severus Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Unk Brownborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
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 9 of the Denton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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