Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Porter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Porter registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 2 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Edmund Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Porter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsEdmund Porter reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Porter in Harrison County
- George Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jerry Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Zack Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Porters 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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