Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Andrews, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Andrews registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Thomas Andrews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Andrews
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Andrews"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Andrews in Harrison County
- Berry Andrewsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- George Andrewsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- Harper Andrewsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- John Andrewsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Samuel Andrewsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Andrewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrews
- Andrew 7
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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