Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Gibson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Gibson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Benjamin Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Gibson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. Gibson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Harrison County
- George Gibsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Jack Gibsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Richard Gibsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Robert Gibsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- William Gibsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
Gibsons 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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