Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis McNair, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Willis McNair registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis McNair
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis McNair
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWillis McNair reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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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