Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sonel Punch, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Sonel Punch registered to vote in Harrison County on August 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Sonel Punch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sonel Punch
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Naturalized, how
- "Dist Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 26 1857"
- Naturalized, where
- "Marshall Harrison Co"
- Signature, as written
- "S. Punch."
- 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 65 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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