Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Hughes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Henry Hughes registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Henry Hughes

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Hughes
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
11
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 2, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Henry Hughes reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Hughes in Harrison County

Hugheses elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named Hughes 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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