Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Sullivan, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Henry Sullivan registered to vote in Karnes County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Karnes County
Henry Sullivan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Sullivan
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sullivan in Karnes County
- George Sullivanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Samuel Sullivanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Sullivans 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 1 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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