Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrel White, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Burrel White registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Burrel White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrel White
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. White"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named White in Harrison County
- Ceaser Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Franklin Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Henderson Whiteborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
Whites 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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