Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abner Reed, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Abner Reed registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
North Carolina
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

Abner Reed

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abner Reed
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
21 years
Years in the precinct
21 years
Signature, as written
"A. Reed"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Reed in Harrison County

  • Cain Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
  • Edmund Reedborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
  • James Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
  • John Reedborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1855
  • Paul Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855

Reeds elsewhere in Texas

All 70 freedmen named Reed 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 43 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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