Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Grant, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Simon Grant registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Simon Grant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Grant
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grant in Harrison County
- Allen Grantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Benjamin Grantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Daniel Grantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- John Grantborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Sampson Grantborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Grants 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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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