Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Nighton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Nighton registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
John Nighton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Nighton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nighton in Harrison County
- Jacob Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Samuel Nightonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Thomas Nightonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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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