Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Heard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Houston Heard registered to vote in Harrison County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Houston Heard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Heard
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Heard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Heard in Harrison County
- Commodore Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- David Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Green Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Kinian Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Mark Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Heards 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 59 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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