Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pock Elliott, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Pock Elliott registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Pock Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pock Elliott
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. Elbert"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsPock Elliott reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Elliott in Harrison County
- Bery Elliottborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
Elliotts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Elliott
- Elliot 7
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 45 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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