Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Wilcoxon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Wilcoxon registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Robert Wilcoxon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Wilcoxon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsRobert Wilcoxon reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Variations of Wilcoxon
- Wilcox 6
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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