Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alford Frazier, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Alford Frazier registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
about 1846
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Alford Frazier

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alford Frazier
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Marshall. Harrison County.
Registered
June 28, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Alford Frazier reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Frazier in Harrison County

Fraziers elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Frazier 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.

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