Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Key, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Key registered to vote in Harrison County on August 1, 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Charles Key
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Key
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Key"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsCharles Key reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Key in Harrison County
- Joseph Keyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Robert Keyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
Keys 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 54 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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