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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGreen 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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