Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Saml Breedenliff, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Saml Breedenliff registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Saml Breedenliff

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Saml Breedenliff
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Harrison County
12 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Signature, as written
"S. Speedyluff"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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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