Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Thurman, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Thurman registered to vote in Harrison County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Lewis Thurman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Thurman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Crim Dist Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "1857"
- Naturalized, where
- "San Antonio"
- Signature, as written
- "L. Sherman."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Thurman in Harrison County
- Charles Thurmanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
Thurmans 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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