Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charley Harkless, Karnes County, Texas, 1869
Charley Harkless registered to vote in Karnes County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Karnes County
Charley Harkless
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charley Harkless
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 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 9 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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