Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Armsted Tucker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Armsted Tucker registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
about 1858
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Armsted Tucker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Armsted Tucker
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
8 years
Signature, as written
"W. Tucker"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Armsted Tucker reported 8 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Tucker in Harrison County

Tuckers elsewhere in Texas

All 47 freedmen named Tucker 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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