Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Washington, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Abram Washington registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Abram Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Washington
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "a. Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Harrison County
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Washingtons 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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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