Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Nighton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Nighton registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Thomas Nighton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Nighton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nighton in Harrison County
- Jacob Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- John Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
- Samuel Nightonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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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