Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Whitton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Whitton 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
Jack Whitton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Whitton
- 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
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Whitters"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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