Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Dennis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Dennis registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Dennis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Dennis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Dennis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJoseph Dennis reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Dennis in Harrison County
- Boston Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- John Dennisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Patrick Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Solomon Dennisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Dennises 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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