Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Granville Houston, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Granville Houston registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Granville Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Granville Houston
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Houston in Harrison County
- George Houstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Moses Houstonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Richard Houstonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Sanford Houstonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Houstons 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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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