Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Sibley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Sibley registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 14 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
John Sibley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Sibley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J Sibley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Sibley reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Sibley in Harrison County
- Frank Sibleyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
Sibleys 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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