Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Love, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Love registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Love
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Love
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. J. Lord"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHenry Love reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Love in Harrison County
- Jerry Loveborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Wilson Loveborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Loves 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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