Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Brittain, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Brittain registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Peter Brittain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Brittain
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Brittain"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brittain in Harrison County
- Alfred Brittainborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Samuel Brittainborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
Brittains 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 61 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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