Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Pearson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Pearson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Charles Pearson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Pearson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "C. Pearson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pearson in Harrison County
- Edmund Pearsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Levi Pearsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Nathan Pearsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Pearsons 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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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