Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Geer, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Geer registered to vote in Harrison County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Thomas Geer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Geer
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Geer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Geer in Harrison County
- Aaron Geerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
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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