Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Cato, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Cato registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Cato
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Cato
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Cato reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Catos 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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