Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Street, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Street registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Street
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Street
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Street reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Streets 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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