Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Patterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Silas Patterson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Silas Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Patterson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Patterson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSilas Patterson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Patterson in Harrison County
- Alex Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Ceaser Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Jordan Pattersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Nelson Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
Pattersons 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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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