Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ross, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Ross registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ross
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Ross."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Harrison County
- Abram Rossborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Hickson Rossborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
- William Rossborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
Rosses 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 58 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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