Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Luke Wilburn, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Luke Wilburn registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Luke Wilburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Luke Wilburn
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 17
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 months
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wilburns 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 3 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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