Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Carey Price, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Carey Price registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Carey Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Carey Price
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
21 years
Years in the precinct
21 years
Signature, as written
"C. Price"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Price in Harrison County

Prices elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Price 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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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