Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Whelton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Whelton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Robert Whelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Whelton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "R. W. Whitten"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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