Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Janes Edwards, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Janes Edwards registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Janes Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Janes Edwards
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "B Edwards"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Harrison County
- Adam Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- David Edwardsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Franklin Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Green Edwardsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Nelson Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 40 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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