Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Pearson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Pearson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Edmund Pearson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Pearson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Pearson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsEdmund Pearson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Pearson in Harrison County
- Charles Pearsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Levi Pearsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Nathan Pearsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Pearsons 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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