Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Kiles, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

George Kiles registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

George Kiles

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Kiles
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
14 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
7 years
Signature, as written
"W. Giles"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

George Kiles reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

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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