Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Counsel, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Counsel registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
John Counsel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Counsel
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Conners"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJohn Counsel reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Counsel in Harrison County
- Nelson Counselborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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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