Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Felix Spearman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Felix Spearman registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Felix Spearman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Felix Spearman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Dearman"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsFelix Spearman reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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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