Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Reese, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Edmund Reese registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 5 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Edmund Reese
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Reese
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "B Reed"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsEdmund Reese reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Reese in Harrison County
- Alford Reeseborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Simon Reeseborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Reeses 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 40 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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