Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Brown, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Tom Brown registered to vote in Anderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Tom Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Brown
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsTom Brown reported 5 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Brown in Anderson County
- Adams Brownborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1853
- 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
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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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