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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Eli Hudson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Hudson in Harrison County

Hudsons elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named Hudson 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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