Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Hope, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Hope registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Nelson Hope
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Hope
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Roper"
Hopes 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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