Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Barny Andrew, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Barny Andrew registered to vote in Harrison County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Barny Andrew

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Barny Andrew
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
13 years
Signature, as written
"B. Andrew"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Barny Andrew reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Variations of Andrew

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 66 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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