Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ragland, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ragland registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Henry Ragland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ragland
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. Raglands"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsHenry Ragland reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ragland in Harrison County
- Jesse Raglandborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Wash Raglandborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Raglands 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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