Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry George, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry George registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry George
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry George
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Gegge"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry George reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named George in Harrison County
- Allen Georgeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
Georges 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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