Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Alexander, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Alexander registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Thomas Alexander

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Alexander
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Marshall, Harrison County.
Registered
June 25, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Harrison County
4 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Alexander in Harrison County

Alexanders elsewhere in Texas

All 121 freedmen named Alexander 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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