Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Graham, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Graham registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Harrison County
George Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Graham
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Graham in Harrison County
- Federick Grahamborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Hence Grahamborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Robert Grahamborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Samuel Grahamborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Grahams 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 4 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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