Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Lawson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Lawson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jerry Lawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Lawson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Lawton"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJerry Lawson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Lawson in Harrison County
- Henry Lawsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Lawsons 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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