Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Pierce, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Pierce registered to vote in Harrison County on August 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Andrew Pierce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Pierce
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Harper"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAndrew Pierce reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Pierce in Harrison County
- Michael Pierceborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Richard Pierceborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Richard Pierceborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Pierces 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 60 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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