Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo H Crawford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jo H Crawford registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jo H Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo H Crawford
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJo H Crawford reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Crawford in Harrison County
- Gideon Crawfordborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Isom Crawfordborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- J.A. Crawfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Crawfords 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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