Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ephraim Bradley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Ephraim Bradley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Ephraim Bradley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ephraim Bradley
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 1, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
20 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bradley in Harrison County

Bradleys elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Bradley 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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