Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Butler, Harrison County, Texas, 1869

Abram Butler 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Harrison County
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

Abram Butler

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Butler
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
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 Butler"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Butler in Harrison County

Butlers elsewhere in Texas

All 55 freedmen named Butler 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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