Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dennis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Dennis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Dennis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dennis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Dennis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn Dennis reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Dennis in Harrison County
- Boston Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Joseph Dennisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Patrick Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Solomon Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Dennises 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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