Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Gregory, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Austin Gregory registered to vote in Harrison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Austin Gregory
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Gregory
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Ja Gregory"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gregory in Harrison County
- William Gregoryborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Gregorys 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 68 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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