Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hubbard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Hubbard registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
John Hubbard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hubbard
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Hubbard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Hubbard reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hubbard in Harrison County
- Ben Hubbardborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1850
- Clarence Hubbardborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- John Hubbardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
Hubbards 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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