Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Estes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Estes registered to vote in Harrison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Charles Estes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Estes
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "C Eccles"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Estes in Harrison County
- Adam Estesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Esteses 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 70 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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