Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel McCray, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel McCray registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Samuel McCray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel McCray
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "R. L. McCray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McCray in Harrison County
- Abram McCrayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
McCrays 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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