Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Seaborne Wallstein, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Seaborne Wallstein registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Seaborne Wallstein
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Seaborne Wallstein
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Walkerton"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSeaborne Wallstein reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison 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 36 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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