Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Madison, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Madison registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Calvin Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Madison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Madison"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsCalvin Madison reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Madison in Harrison County
- James Madisonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Seymore Madisonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Madisons 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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