Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Hudson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Eli Hudson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Eli Hudson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Hudson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Eli Hudson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsEli Hudson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hudson in Harrison County
- Federick Hudsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Gillam Hudsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- John Hudsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
Hudsons 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 43 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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