Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Bryant, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Bryant registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Manuel Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Bryant
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Harrison County
- Allen Bryantborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Ellis Bryantborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Humphrey Bryantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Nelson Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Nelson Bryantborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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