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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Collier in Harrison County

Colliers elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Collier 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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