Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Garden, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Garden registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 7 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Robert Garden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Garden
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Garden"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsRobert Garden reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Garden in Harrison County
- Bartley Gardenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Gardens 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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