Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Abner, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Abner registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
David Abner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Abner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 23 months
- Years in the precinct
- 23 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. Abner,"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsDavid Abner reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Abners 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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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