Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Surwood, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
Harry Surwood registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 25, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
Harry Surwood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Surwood
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 16 years
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsHarry Surwood reported 16 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
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 2 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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