Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Stroud, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Stroud registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander Stroud
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Stroud
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "A. Stroud"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Strouds 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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