Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Reed, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Richard Reed registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Richard Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Reed
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRichard Reed reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Harrison County
- Abner Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Cain Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Edmund Reedborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- James Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- John Reedborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1855
Reeds 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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