Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Brewer, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Brewer registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
John Brewer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Brewer
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. J. Brewer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJohn Brewer reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Brewer in Harrison County
- Alex Brewerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- William Brewerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Brewers 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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