Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Boston Dennis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Boston Dennis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Boston Dennis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Boston Dennis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Dennis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Dennis in Harrison County
- John Dennisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Joseph Dennisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Patrick Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Solomon Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Dennises 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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