Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Kennedy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Kennedy registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Alex Kennedy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Kennedy
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Kennedy."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAlex Kennedy reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Kennedy in Harrison County
- Carroll Kennedyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Green Kennedyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- James Kennedyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Milton Kennedyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Solomon Kennedyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
Kennedys 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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