Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Prewett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Prewett registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
James Prewett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Prewett
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Adkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Prewetts 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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