Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Love, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Love registered to vote in Harrison County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Jerry Love
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Love
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Love"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Love in Harrison County
- Henry Loveborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Wilson Loveborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Loves 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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