Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Ligon, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Ligon registered to vote in Johnson County on August 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Harrison Ligon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Ligon
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Alvarado
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ligons 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 7 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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