Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Webb, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Webb registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
John Webb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Webb
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Webb."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Webb reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Webb in Harrison County
- Chesley Webbborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Green Webbborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- John Webbborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Lewis Webbborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Peter Webbborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
Webbs 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 57 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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