Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wellington Slade, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wellington Slade registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Wellington Slade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wellington Slade
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Slade"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Slade in Harrison County
- Boson Sladeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
Slades 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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