Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Granderson Fields, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Granderson Fields registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Granderson Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Granderson Fields
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGranderson Fields reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Fields in Harrison County
- Austin Fieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Daniel Fieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Jack Fieldsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- James Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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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