Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawson Silas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lawson Silas registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Lawson Silas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawson Silas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Sebas"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsLawson Silas reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Silas in Harrison County
- Henry Silasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Peter Silasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Silases 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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