Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hester, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Hester registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County
John Hester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hester
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Hunter"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Hester reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Hesters 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 56 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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