Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Haggerty, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Haggerty registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Peter Haggerty
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Haggerty
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years 20 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Haggerty in Harrison County
- Alex Haggertyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Daniel Haggertyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Daniel Haggertyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Haggertyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Enoch Haggertyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Haggertys 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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