Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Canney, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Canney registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Lewis Canney

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Canney
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
21 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"L. Canny"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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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