Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Clemmons, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

George Clemmons registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

George Clemmons

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Clemmons
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 1, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Harrison County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

George Clemmons reported 18 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Clemmons in Harrison County

Clemmonses elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Clemmons 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 11 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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