Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Tillman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Tillman registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jerry Tillman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Tillman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Tillman"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Tillman in Harrison County
- Elias Tillmanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Tillmanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Joseph Tillmanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Perry Tillmanborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
- William Tillmanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Tillmans 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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