Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Nash, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Nash registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Henry Nash
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Nash
- Place of birth
- Texas
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsHenry Nash reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Nashes 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.
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