Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lew Samford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lew Samford registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Lew Samford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lew Samford
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Samford in Harrison County
- Marion Samfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Milton Samfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Samfords 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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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