Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Gaither, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Gaither registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
David Gaither
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Gaither
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. Gaither"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsDavid Gaither reported 9 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 37 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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