Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Camie, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Camie registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Wilson Camie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Camie
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. L. Vance"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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