Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ishmael Lister, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ishmael Lister registered to vote in Harrison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ishmael Lister
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ishmael Lister
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Jeter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lister in Harrison County
- George Listerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Webster Listerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Listers 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 55 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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