Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hughes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hughes registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- 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
Henry Hughes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hughes
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hughes in Harrison County
- Henry Hughesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- James Hughesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Hugheses 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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