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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Tony 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

All 16 freedmen named Horn 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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