Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Russell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Russell registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Nathan Russell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Russell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "A. Russell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Russell in Harrison County
- David Russellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Russells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Russell
- Russel 7
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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