Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Anthony, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Anthony registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Anthony
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Anthony
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Anthony"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Anthony in Harrison County
- Archibald Anthonyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Jack Anthonyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Thomas Anthonyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
Anthonys 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 53 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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