Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Price, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Henry Price registered to vote in Harrison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Henry Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Price
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
20 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Signature, as written
"J Price"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Price in Harrison County

Prices elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Price 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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