Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Commodore Heard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Commodore Heard registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Commodore Heard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Commodore Heard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Heard in Harrison County
- David Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Green Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Houston Heardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Kinian Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Mark Heardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Heards 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 9 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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