Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Anthony, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Anthony registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Thomas Anthony
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Anthony
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsThomas Anthony reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Anthony in Harrison County
- Archibald Anthonyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Anthonyborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Anthonyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Anthonys 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 5 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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