Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Neal, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Neal registered to vote in Harrison County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- 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
Robert Neal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Neal
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Neal"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsRobert Neal reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Neal in Harrison County
- Andrew Nealborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Ceaser Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
- Ceaser Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Colonel Nealborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- George Nealborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Neals 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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