Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oscar White, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Oscar White registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Oscar White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oscar White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Harrison County
- Burrel Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Ceaser Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Franklin Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Whites 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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