Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isom Crawford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isom Crawford registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Isom Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isom Crawford
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Crawford"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Crawford in Harrison County
- Gideon Crawfordborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- J.A. Crawfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Jo H Crawfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Crawfords 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 45 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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