Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Reed, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Reed registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Reed
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Reed"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsWilliam Reed reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Harrison County
- Abner Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Cain Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Edmund Reedborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- James Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- John Reedborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1855
Reeds 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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