Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Ross, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Abram Ross registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Abram Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Ross
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "A. L. Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Harrison County
- Hickson Rossborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
- John Rossborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1850
- William Rossborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
Rosses 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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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