Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Graham, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Graham registered to vote in Harrison County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Graham
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 12, 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
- "Chris Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHenry Graham reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Graham in Harrison County
- Federick Grahamborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- George Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Hence Grahamborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Robert Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Samuel Grahamborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Grahams 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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