Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Boyd, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Richmond Boyd registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Richmond Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Boyd
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Boyd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boyd in Harrison County
- Chap Boydborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Boydborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Wesley Boydborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
Boyds 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 73 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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