Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Lands, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Green Lands registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Green Lands

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Lands
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Harrison County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Harrison County
9 years
Signature, as written
"G. Sands"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Green Lands reported 9 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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