Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cyrus Jessee, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Cyrus Jessee registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Cyrus Jessee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cyrus Jessee
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsCyrus Jessee reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Jessees 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 50 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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