Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Douglass, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Douglass registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Henry Douglass
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Douglass
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. C. Douglass"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Douglass in Harrison County
- Andrew Douglassborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Paul Douglassborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Richard Douglassborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Douglasses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Douglass
- Douglas 17
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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