Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Webster Lister, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Webster Lister registered to vote in Harrison County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Webster Lister
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Webster Lister
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "W. Luter"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Lister in Harrison County
- George Listerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Ishmael Listerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Listers 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 65 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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