Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Reed, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Reed registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Edmund Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Reed
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 1 month
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reed in Harrison County
- Abner Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Cain Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- James Reedborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- John Reedborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1855
- Paul Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
Reeds 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 7 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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