Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Silas Neely, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Silas Neely registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
about 1848
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Silas Neely

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Silas Neely
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
18 years
Signature, as written
"J. Neely"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Silas Neely reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Neely in Harrison County

  • John Neelyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856

Neelys elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Neely 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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