Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Steele, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Steele registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 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
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In Harrison County
Samuel Steele
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Steele
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Steeles elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steele
- Steel 7
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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