Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

T.H. Neal, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

T.H. Neal registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transferred to Marion County" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Harrison County

T.H. Neal

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
T.H. Neal
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Harrison County
13 months
Years in the precinct
13 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
3 years
Signature, as written
"W. H. Neal"
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Transferred to Marion County"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

T.H. Neal reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Neal in Harrison County

Neals elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Neal 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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