Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Alexander, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Alexander registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Anthony Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Alexander
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Harrison County
- Andrew Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Bosin Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- George Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- James Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Alexanders 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 39 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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