Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Tucker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Tucker registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Tucker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGeorge Tucker reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Tucker in Harrison County
- Armsted Tuckerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Thomas Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Tuckers 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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