Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Porter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Porter registered to vote in Harrison County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Jerry Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Porter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. G. Porter"
Other freedmen named Porter in Harrison County
- Edmund Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- George Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Zack Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Porters 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 67 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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