Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Webster Gregg, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Webster Gregg registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Webster Gregg
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Webster Gregg
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWebster Gregg reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Gregg in Harrison County
- Allen Greggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- John Greggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Samuel Greggborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Greggs 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 12 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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