Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Dil, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Dil registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Dil
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Dil
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Dee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJames Dil reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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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