Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Solomon Dennis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Solomon Dennis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Solomon Dennis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Solomon 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
2 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
13 years
Signature, as written
"W. Dennis"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Solomon Dennis reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Dennis in Harrison County

Dennises elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named Dennis 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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