Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Buchanan, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Buchanan registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Edmund Buchanan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Buchanan
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsEdmund Buchanan reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Buchanan in Harrison County
- Arch Buchananborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Edward Buchananborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
- James Buchananborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Silas Buchananborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Buchanans 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 13 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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