Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Black, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Black registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Black
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. E. Black"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Black in Harrison County
- Cubit Blackborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Fayette Blackborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Isaac Blackborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Jordan Blackborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Reuben Blackborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
Blacks 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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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