Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cash Devon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Cash Devon registered to vote in Harrison County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Cash Devon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cash Devon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "C. Devore."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Devon in Harrison County
- Lafayette Devonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
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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