Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hannibal Mims, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Hannibal Mims registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
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

Hannibal Mims

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hannibal Mims
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
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
"J. Mims."
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Hannibal Mims reported 8 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Mims in Harrison County

  • Daniel Mimsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
  • Edward Mimsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852

Mimses elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Mims 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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