Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clayborne Ervine, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Clayborne Ervine registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Clayborne Ervine
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clayborne Ervine
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Ervine"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsClayborne Ervine reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ervine in Harrison County
- Amos Ervineborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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