Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben Patterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Reuben Patterson registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Reuben Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben Patterson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- 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
- Alex Pattersonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- 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
- 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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