Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Hicks, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Hicks registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Charles Hicks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Hicks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hicks in Harrison County
- Austin Hicksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Hicksborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Hicksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- William H. Hicksborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
Hickses 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.
African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Harrison CountyThe Hicks name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Harrison County by name