Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Sanford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jack Sanford registered to vote in Harrison County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. 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
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jack Sanford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Sanford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Sanford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJack Sanford reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Sanford in Harrison County
- Ambrose Sanfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Charles Sanfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
Sanfords 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 66 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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