Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Grant, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Grant registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Grant
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Grant"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Grant in Harrison County
- Allen Grantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Benjamin Grantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Daniel Grantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Sampson Grantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Simon Grantborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Grants 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 36 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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