Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Pie, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Pie registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
George Pie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Pie
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsGeorge Pie reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Pie in Harrison County
- John Pieborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1848
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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