Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Barcus Witherspoon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Barcus Witherspoon registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Barcus Witherspoon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Barcus Witherspoon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. Witherspoon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Witherspoon in Harrison County
- Benjamin Witherspoonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Witherspoons 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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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