Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Handy Wright, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Handy Wright registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. 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
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Handy Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Handy Wright
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. Wrights"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsHandy Wright reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wright in Harrison County
- Charles Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Clayborne Wrightborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1846
- David Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Joseph Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Lewis Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
Wrights 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 72 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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