Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Collier, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Collier registered to vote in Harrison County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Benjamin Collier
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Collier
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "B. Collier"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Collier in Harrison County
- Daniel Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Jefferson Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- John Collierborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Nelson Collierborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Colliers 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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