Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Britt, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
George Britt registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Harrison County
George Britt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Britt
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- 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 Britt"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Britt in Harrison County
- Ben Brittborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Bery Brittborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Brittborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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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