Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ewell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ewell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Henry Ewell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ewell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ewell in Harrison County
- Jack Ewellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Ewells 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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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