Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John H. Battle, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John H. Battle registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John H. Battle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John H. Battle
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "J H Battle"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Battle in Harrison County
- Peyton Battleborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Battles 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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