Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Phillips, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Phillips registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Aaron Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Phillips
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAaron Phillips reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Phillips in Harrison County
- Abram Phillipsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Phillipsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- James Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- Nathaniel Phillipsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Seyborne Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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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