Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Page, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Page registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Samuel Page
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Page
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "S Page"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Page in Harrison County
- Edmund Pageborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Pageborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
Pages 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 51 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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