Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Green, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Green registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jerry Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Green
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJerry Green reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Green in Harrison County
- Aaron Greenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Anthony Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Baylor Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Coleman Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- E. H. Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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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