Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Patterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Patterson registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Alex Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Patterson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Patterson in Harrison County
- Ceaser Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Jordan Pattersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Nelson Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Reuben Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Robert Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
Pattersons 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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