Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Flowers, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Flowers registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Elijah Flowers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Flowers
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Flowers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Flowers in Harrison County
- Andrew Flowersborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Lewis Flowersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Richard Flowersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
Flowerses 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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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