Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Edwards, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Sandy Edwards registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Maryland 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.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Sandy Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Edwards
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 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 yearsSandy Edwards reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Harrison County
- Adam Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- David Edwardsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Franklin Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Green Edwardsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Janes Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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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