Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William White, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William White registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
William White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William White
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. White"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWilliam White reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named White in Harrison County
- Burrel Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Ceaser Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Franklin Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Whites 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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