Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Michael Pierce, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Michael Pierce registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Michael Pierce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Michael Pierce
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. J. Pierce"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Pierce in Harrison County
- Andrew Pierceborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Richard Pierceborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Richard Pierceborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Pierces 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 52 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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