Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Volley Alexander, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Volley Alexander registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Residence forfeited. Living last year in La" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Volley Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Volley Alexander
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jos M Britt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Residence forfeited. Living last year in La"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Harrison County
- Andrew Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Anthony Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Bosin Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- George Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
Alexanders 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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