Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Brownsfield, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Brownsfield registered to vote in Anderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Abraham Brownsfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Brownsfield
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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