Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Tippins, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Tippins registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Thomas Tippins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Tippins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Tippinses 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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