Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Collier, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
John Collier registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Collier
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Collier
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "B Collier"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Collier in Harrison County
- Benjamin Collierborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Daniel Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Jefferson Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Nelson Collierborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Colliers 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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