Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Wilhite, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Willis Wilhite registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Willis Wilhite
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Wilhite
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Willhite"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Wilhites 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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