Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Gregg, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Gregg registered to vote in Harrison County on June 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Samuel Gregg
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Gregg
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsSamuel Gregg reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Gregg in Harrison County
- Allen Greggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- John Greggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Webster Greggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Greggs 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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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