Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Colwell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Colwell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Alex Colwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Colwell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. L. Colwell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsAlex Colwell reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Colwell in Harrison County
- Joseph Colwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Colwells 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 37 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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