Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Rosborough, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Rosborough registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Africa
- 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
Samuel Rosborough
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Rosborough
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Yarborough"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rosborough in Harrison County
- Christopher Rosboroughborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- David Rosboroughborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Horace Rosboroughborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
- Jack Rosboroughborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1846
- Robert Rosboroughborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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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