Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scott Hunter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Scott Hunter registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Scott Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scott Hunter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Hunter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearScott Hunter reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hunter in Harrison County
- Anthony Hunterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Charles Hunterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- George Hunterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Tony Hunterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Hunters 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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