Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Smith, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Harry Smith registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Harry Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Smith
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Harrison County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Signature, as written
"L. Smith"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Smith in Harrison County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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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