Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ephraim Briter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ephraim Briter registered to vote in Harrison County on August 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Ephraim Briter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ephraim Briter
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. L. Brites"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsEphraim Briter reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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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