Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Gant, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Gant registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jack Gant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Gant
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Gant"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJack Gant reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Gant in Harrison County
- Thomas Gantborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Gants 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 44 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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