Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tony Horn, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Tony Horn registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Tony Horn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tony Horn
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Perry"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsTony Horn reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Horn in Harrison County
- Miles Hornborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Horns 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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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