Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Wilborne, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Harry Wilborne registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- 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
Harry Wilborne
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Wilborne
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilborne in Harrison County
- Alex Wilborneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Alexander Wilborneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Joseph Wilborneborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Nathan Wilborneborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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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