Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Lipscomb, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert Lipscomb registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Gilbert Lipscomb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Lipscomb
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lipscombs 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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