Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Peoples, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Henry Peoples registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Henry Peoples

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Peoples
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Harrison County
11 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
12 years
Signature, as written
"G. L. Peoples"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Henry Peoples reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Peoples in Harrison County

Peopleses elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Peoples 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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