Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Bolton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Bolton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Daniel Bolton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Bolton
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "W Bolten"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsDaniel Bolton reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Boltons 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 74 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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